Posted on 21 October 2024 by Laura
(English) In the first episode of the new ESA Explores series, "Road to the stars," we chat with ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer about the LUNA facility, Europe's Moon on Earth.
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Posted on 11 October 2024 by Michaela Krupova
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Posted on 7 August 2024 by Marie Deschamps
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Posted on 2 August 2024 by Marie Deschamps
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Posted on 31 July 2024 by Nadjejda
(English) Space missions come with a unique set of challenges – while these are hurdles that every astronaut must overcome, space agencies had not, up to this day, interrogated their impact on an astronaut with a physical disability.
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Posted on 19 July 2024 by Laura
(English) Exciting developments are unfolding in Cologne, Germany, where ESA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) are establishing a worldwide unique lunar analogue facility – LUNA. This week, the first lunar sandbag tapping —opening the bags to distribute the sand— marked an important step in preparing the hall for future Moon mission testing.
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Posted on 17 July 2024 by Laura
(English) In Episode 10 of this ESA Explores podcast series, we spoke to Sławosz Uznański, an ESA project astronaut from Poland, about his training and preparations for a future mission to space.
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Posted on 28 June 2024 by Laura
(English) The team of ESA’s Spaceship EAC initiative revived their LEGO-building skills and 3D-printed the famous bricks from lunar regolith and meteor dust, providing a glimpse into how future construction on the Moon might look.
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